"An..alarming, theme throughout..book is the failure of the scientific..establishment to take seriously..risk..of 'unnatural'..pandemics; those that are triggered deliberately or accidently, whether in an act of biological warfare or a lab..accident."
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"And using the term βfailureβ is being charitable; MacIntyre is scathing in her critique of how the scientific community has frequently closed ranks in the face of questions about the possible culpability of one of their own in an accidental outbreak or biological attack."
"The disconnect between the scientist and law enforcement perspectives on insider threat is something that needs to be addressed to improve biosecurity,"
"MacIntyre..discuss[es the post-9/11 anthrax..attacks in the US and a 2003 case when..plague bacteria were reported missing from a Texas university. In both cases,..scientists were suspected, and in both cases..scientific community at..highest levels defended those individuals."
"MacIntyre points out that scientists have a natural vested interest in rejecting laboratories as a source of epidemics or pandemics because 'if this were the case, it could result in increased regulation and decreased freedoms for scientists.'"
"This naturally lays the groundwork for examination of the origins of SARS-CoV-2"
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